Where do I begin? My eldest child has Autism, ADHD, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. We were just recently diagnosed at the age of 10. He has always been a lot to handle and manage. It never crossed my mind that he could have any of these diagnoses. I myself am very similar to him as a child other than the fact that he is a boy. I have never been told or diagnosed by a doctor that I have any of the above, but I've seemed to have a lot of similarities to my son. I just thought he is like me and he will grow up one day and be okay like I am. He will be a functional adult. Finding out his diagnoses for me is an eye opener and made me question if I too have autism or ADHD. I've made it almost 32 years in life I don't care to know what my diagnoses is on that. I can manage myself at this point. I am debating on withdrawing him from public school because the mental workload and anxiety it is causing. He has dyslexia as well and he has an IEP at the school for accommodations but the anxiety part of it all is still not doing well. His mental health is declining and that is a sad and hard thing to watch when it is a child and especially if it is your own child. I don't want to disrupt his progress, but I can't continue to watch him suffer. I am planning to finish out this school year and see how he does on the 3rd grade state test and we will decide from there. I also have an appointment to get him on some medicine to see if that will help as well. If all doesn't improve by the end of the school year, I will be withdrawing him and homeschooling him. His brother wishes to remain in public school and stay with his friends. He also has ADHD, dyslexia, and is under an IEP at school. He has made tremendous progress, and I don't want to be selfish and pull him out so long as he is happy and thriving. He already takes medication for his ADHD and that has helped him a lot. I hope that I am making the right decisions regarding my children's education and well beings. I plan to send my daughter to public school just to see how she does and if she thrives and wishes to be there, I will continue to make sure she gets to go. She has never shown signs or been diagnosed with anything thus far and I hope she will not struggle as my boys have. They are all bright, intelligent, exceptional children but each one of them has a brain that thinks differently to the other. Prayers that I will do the right thing by my children and myself. I'm sorry this blog has declined in posts but it has been a rough couple of months and I one day plan to get back to posting more often. Until then, remember me and my family when you pray. Thank you.
Destinee
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